Improvement in powder-flasks



lmprovement in Powder Fasks". No. M1047. Patented ont. 17,1871.

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ANDREW DIEZEL, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POWDER-FLASKS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,047, dated October 17, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW DrEzEL, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and AState of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Self-Charging Apparatus for Pow der-Flasks, Src.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of Vthis specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a self-charging apparatus to be applied to powder-flasks and used for similar purposes; and it consists in the construction `and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a longitudinal section of theA apparatus applied to a powder-flask, showing the charge-receiver and the adjusting device. Fig. 2.is alongitudinal section giving another view of the same parts. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of Fig. 2 taken on the line x x. Figs. 4 and 5, Sheet 2, are vertical reverse sections of the self-charger in a modified form, the same result being produced in a slightly different manner.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawing, D indicates a tube provided with a circumferential shoulder, A, which fits in the neck C of the screwtop of the iiask. This is also provided with a shoulder, B. The bottom of the tube D rests on a spiral spring, G, placed in the barrell F or lower external tube of the screw top. E E indicate lateral apertures through which the powder enters the chamber H below the bridge K, whence it passes around the bridge into thechamber H above it, and thence into its intended receptacle. fI is a groove in the tube D, which,.with the screw J, forms a guide for the same and a limit to the vertical movement. The bridge K is connected with the tube D by means of a screw, M, as shown in Fig. l. The bridge K may be set higher or lower by adjusting the screw N in the notches of the inclined slot L of the tube D, said screw entering the tube D.

This adjustment varies the size of' the charge, and is effected by turning the nozzle-tube D by means of the nozzle O. In using' the ask it is inverted a-nd the nozzle O inserted in the muzzle of the gun, and pressure applied to overcome the action of the spring till the shoulderA strikes the shoulde1'B,wl1en the charge will be delivered. In the enlarged and central portion of the external tube is a chamber, It, which allows the powder to pass round the bridge K. In Fig. 2 the apparatus is shown as being pressed to the muzzle of the gun and discharging the contents of the chamber D. The apertures E E are closed when the pressure commences by the chamber or tube H, which tube is forced into the lower part of the external tube or barrel F. P P are the discharge-ports.

The bridge K is a double wedge, which form allows the powder to readily passover and around it.

I do not confine myself strictly to all the details of this arrangement. My object is to accuratelymeasure the powder and charge the gun by simply pressing the flask into the muzzle and withdrawing it, two motions only being neces' sary.

In the modification, Figs. 4 and 5, Sheet 2, the

bridge K is dispensed with, and a valve, C, is

employed. Fig. 4 shows the chamber D outside the flask, and Fig. 5 shows the chamber inside the ask. The fiask line is the same in both cases, and the motions necessary, and the result the same, the powder being accurately measured out for eachcharge in the -most perfect manner.

`Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The screw top, provided with tubes C and F, the tube D, apertures E E, spring G, bridge K, screw lVI, slot L, screw N, chamber R, and posts P P, arranged substantially as shown and described.

ANDREW DIEZEL. Witnesses: A

L. H. BOEDWELL,

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